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PRO/PL> Head smut, maize – Kenya: (Rift Valley)
Other Plant Disease -- KenyaAn outbreak of a maize disease has left many farmers in the North Rift uncertain of their harvests putting the country's food security at risk. They expressed fears of serious yield decline this [2016] season due to the disease referred to as head smut.Growers are asked to practice crop rotation to break the cycle of the fungal disease that damaged over 260 000 hectares [about 642 500 acres] of maize in Rift Valley last [2015] season.The fungal attack follows repeated Read more [...]
